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霉香鹹魚

mui4 hoeng1 haam4 jyu4*2

Dried, salted fish. This form of 鹹魚 has a crumbly texture, a pungent odour and is very tasty. A small amount with a mouthful of boiled rice will still be extremely salty!

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

霉香鹹魚

This word was added by sheik on 22nd Aug 2006 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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霉 mui4 mei4 mei2 - mildew; mildewed; musty; moldy; mold
香 hoeng1 xiang1 - fragrant; aromatic
鹹 haam4 xian2 jian3 - salty
魚 jyu4*2 jyu4 yu2 - fish

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